1.Organizational Agility in Public Hospitals:Concepts,Core Capabilities,and Development Pathways
Huiyan MAO ; Xuemei WANG ; Jianing WANG ; Yating CHENG ; Yuxuan ZHU ; Tingshan DUAN ; Tao SUN
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(3):50-54
In the current era filled with change and challenges,public hospitals,as a crucial part of the national healthcare system,urgently need to enhance their agility to swiftly respond to the ever-changing environment.Current it outlines the origins and connotations of organizational agility,argues for the necessity of organizational agility in public hospitals,and proposes the core competencies required to maintain organizational agility in public hospitals,namely:patient-centeredness,environmental sensitivity,proactive planning,organizational integration capability,flexibility,rapid response,iterative regulation,and continuous learning.Furthermore,it attempts to establish a cultivation pathway for organizational agility in public hospitals,encompassing multiple dimensions such as organizational culture,agile leadership,communication systems,organizational structure,the embedding of new productivity,management systems,partner management,training systems,performance evaluation,and compliance management.
2.Obesity-related genes and genetic susceptibility to gastric cancer
Wenhui WU ; Shiyun DING ; Jingrao LI ; Ji ZHENG ; Jianing MAO ; Tianyi ZHU ; Yiling WU ; Ruoxin ZHANG
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2025;37(7):569-580
ObjectiveTo explore the effects of genetic variation of obesity-related biological pathways and gene-obesity interactions on the incidence of gastric cancer, so as to better understand the pathogenesis of gastric cancer and help identify high-risk populations for individualized prevention of gastric cancer. MethodsA case-control study based on the Shanghai Suburban Adult Cohort and Biobank study (SSACB) was conducted on the cases with gastric cancer. A total of 267 cases with gastric cancer and 267 healthy controls matched 1∶1 by age and gender using propensity score were included in the study. After genome-wide genotyping, quality control and imputation, 19 250 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites from 115 genes in 4 obesity-related biological pathways were extracted. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between these SNP sites and the risk of gastric cancer, and false positive report probability (FPRP) was used for multiple test correction.Data from Biobank Japan (BBJ) and FinnGen public accessible databases were used to validate significant SNP sites. For validated sites, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis and differentially expressed genes analysis were further performed. Additive and multiplicative interactions were used to evaluate the gene-obesity interactions on the incidence of gastric cancer. Additive interaction evaluation indicators included relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI), attributable proportion due to interaction (AP) and synergy index (SI), while multiplicative interaction evaluation indicators include ORGxE and Pinter. ResultsA total of 41 SNP sites were significantly associated with the onset of gastric cancer (Padj<0.05, FPRP0.1<0.1), among which 7 groups of haplotype blocks were formed. ACACB/ rs2268401 [SSACB: P=0.005, BBJ: P=0.049], HRAS/ rs12785860 (SSACB: P<0.001, FinnGen: P=0.045), and PTPN1/ rs6095985 (SSACB: P<0.001, FinnGen: P=0.023) were significantly associated with the risk of gastric cancer after validation in different populations. Among which, the G allele of HRAS/ rs12785860 was correlated with the downregulation of HRAS mRNA expression (P<0.001), and the expression level of HRAS in gastric cancer tissues was higher than that in adjacent normal tissues (P<0.001). Additionaly, JAK1/rs11208559 showed a positive additive interaction with waist circumstance (WC) on the risk of gastric cancer [RERI=2.29(0.06~4.53), AP=0.57(0.23~0.90), SI=4.03(2.20~5.87)]. ConclusionObesity-related biological pathway SNP sites and their haplotypes are associated with the risk of gastric cancer, suggesting that genetic variations in obesity pathways may affect gastric cancer. The HRAS/ rs12785860 is significantly associated with downregulation of HRAS gene expression, which may serve as a potential genetic marker for gastric cancer. JAK1/rs11208559 interacts with obesity additively on the risk of gastric cancer. Individuals with GC+CC genotypes and pre-central or central obesity have an increased risk of gastric cancer, providing clues and evidences for individualized prevention of gastric cancer.
3.Synthesis, preclinical evaluation and pilot clinical study of a P2Y12 receptor targeting radiotracer 18FQTFT for imaging brain disorders by visualizing anti-inflammatory microglia.
Bolin YAO ; Yanyan KONG ; Jianing LI ; Fulin XU ; Yan DENG ; Yuncan CHEN ; Yixiu CHEN ; Jian CHEN ; Minhua XU ; Xiao ZHU ; Liang CHEN ; Fang XIE ; Xin ZHANG ; Cong WANG ; Cong LI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(2):1056-1069
As the brain's resident immune cells, microglia perform crucial functions such as phagocytosis, neuronal network maintenance, and injury restoration by adopting various phenotypes. Dynamic imaging of these phenotypes is essential for accessing brain diseases and therapeutic responses. Although numerous probes are available for imaging pro-inflammatory microglia, no PET tracers have been developed specifically to visualize anti-inflammatory microglia. In this study, we present an 18F-labeled PET tracer (QTFT) that targets the P2Y12, a receptor highly expressed on anti-inflammatory microglia. [18F]QTFT exhibited high binding affinity to the P2Y12 (14.43 nmol/L) and superior blood-brain barrier permeability compared to other candidates. Micro-PET imaging in IL-4-induced neuroinflammation models showed higher [18F]QTFT uptake in lesions compared to the contralateral normal brain tissues. Importantly, this specific uptake could be blocked by QTFT or a P2Y12 antagonist. Furthermore, [18F]QTFT visualized brain lesions in mouse models of epilepsy, glioma, and aging by targeting the aberrantly expressed P2Y12 in anti-inflammatory microglia. In a pilot clinical study, [18F]QTFT successfully located epileptic foci, showing enhanced radioactive signals in a patient with epilepsy. Collectively, these studies suggest that [18F]QTFT could serve as a valuable diagnostic tool for imaging various brain disorders by targeting P2Y12 overexpressed in anti-inflammatory microglia.
4.Role of the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus in Social Memory.
Xue LIU ; Jianing ZHU ; Junqiang ZHENG ; Han XU
Neuroscience Bulletin 2025;41(2):355-358
5.Molecular classification of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma based on hypoxia-related genes and clinical significance of STC2
ZHU Jianing ; WANG Tiantian ; ZHANG Rui ; SONG Hongquan
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2025;33(5):345-358
Objective :
To construct a molecular classification system for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) utilizing hypoxia-related gene (HAG) expression profiles, and to comprehensively examine the clinicopathological significance and biological functions of the hypoxia gene stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) in HNSCC.
Methods :
Transcriptomic data and clinical information of 546 HNSCC samples were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, and based on the expression profiles of 200 HRGs, HNSCC was classified subclasses using non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). HNSCC was classified into three subclasses (C1, C2, and C3), and the molecular characteristics and prognostic differences of the subclasses were assessed by comparing the tumor mutation load, functional enrichment analysis, drug sensitivity, and clinical features among the subclasses. LASSO-Cox regression was used to screen prognosis-related genes and construct prognostic models. Using oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)-related data in the TCGA database, we analyzed the expression differences of STC2 in OSCC and control samples, and detected the mRNA and protein expression of STC2 in oral squamous carcinoma samples using qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. We knocked down STC2 in CAL-27 cells and verified the knockdown efficiency by qRT-PCR and Western blot. CCK-8 assay and cell scratch assay were used to assess the effect of STC2 on cell proliferation and migration ability.
Results:
Based on HRGs expression profiles, HNSCC was categorized into three subclasses (C1, C2, and C3). Subclass C1 had moderate hypoxic activity and good prognosis; subclass C2 had the highest hypoxic activity, poor prognosis, and poor sensitivity to CTLA-4 inhibitors (P<0.05); subclass C3 had the lowest hypoxic activity and moderate prognosis, and STC2 belonged to subclass C3. The frequency of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A), phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA), and tumor protein p53 (TP 53) mutations was higher in HNSCC. C1 genomic gain and deletion burden were significantly higher than C3 subclass (P<0.05) and C2 genomic gain than C3 subclass (P<0.05). The C2 subclass was significantly enriched in hypoxia-associated pathways, such as glycine metabolism and base excision repair (P<0.05). The C1, C2, and C3 subclasses were significantly positively correlated in terms of sex (male) (Cramer’s V=0.15), radiation exposure (Cramer’s V=0.12), medication (Cramer’s V=0.18), and pathological grading (G1/G2) (Cramer’s V=0.25) (P<0.05). Nine prognosis-related genes were screened by LASSO-Cox regression, among which high expression of STC2 was positively correlated with poorer overall survival (OS) in HNSCC patients (P<0.01). Bioinformatics analysis showed that STC2 mRNA expression was higher in OSCC than in normal controls (P<0.05). qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry confirmed that both mRNA and protein expression of STC2 were significantly upregulated in OSCC tissues and cells (P<0.01). In vitro experiments showed that STC2 expression was knocked down to approximately 80% in CAL-27 cells (P<0.001), and the STC2 knockdown group had a reduced value-added rate (P<0.001) and a reduced percentage of scratch closure (P<0.05) compared with the control group.
Conclusion
We successfully constructed a molecular typing system for HNSCC based on the expression profiles of HRGs and categorized HNSCC into three subclasses with significant prognostic differences, among which the C2 subclass had the highest hypoxic activity and the poorest prognosis. STC2 was highly expressed in HNSCC and suggested a poor prognosis, demonstrating that it may be a potential target for HNSCC treatment.
6.Organizational Agility in Public Hospitals:Concepts,Core Capabilities,and Development Pathways
Huiyan MAO ; Xuemei WANG ; Jianing WANG ; Yating CHENG ; Yuxuan ZHU ; Tingshan DUAN ; Tao SUN
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(3):50-54
In the current era filled with change and challenges,public hospitals,as a crucial part of the national healthcare system,urgently need to enhance their agility to swiftly respond to the ever-changing environment.Current it outlines the origins and connotations of organizational agility,argues for the necessity of organizational agility in public hospitals,and proposes the core competencies required to maintain organizational agility in public hospitals,namely:patient-centeredness,environmental sensitivity,proactive planning,organizational integration capability,flexibility,rapid response,iterative regulation,and continuous learning.Furthermore,it attempts to establish a cultivation pathway for organizational agility in public hospitals,encompassing multiple dimensions such as organizational culture,agile leadership,communication systems,organizational structure,the embedding of new productivity,management systems,partner management,training systems,performance evaluation,and compliance management.
7.Oral Absorption and Labeling Techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine Polysaccharides: A Review
Weifeng ZHU ; Shuangyan DENG ; Hui OUYANG ; Wenjing YANG ; Jianing FU ; Huangqing WEI ; Qiong LI
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(12):261-269
Polysaccharides are the important material basis of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), and have various pharmacological activities such as immunomodulation, antitumor and anti-aging. Due to the large molecular weight of TCM polysaccharides, their structural analysis and oral absorption mechanism are facing technical challenges, and the current research on their structure-activity relationships has made some breakthroughs, while the research on their oral absorption mechanisms is relatively slow. In-depth study of the oral absorption mechanism of TCM polysaccharides is not only crucial for the interpretation of their action pathways and efficacy in vivo, but also helpful for the interpretation of their pharmacological effects, rational clinical applications and the discovery of new targets. In recent years, the application of fluorescent labeling and isotopic labeling methods has provided new technical means for the oral absorption studies of polysaccharides, which has promoted the development of oral absorption studies of TCM polysaccharides. In this paper, we reviewed the oral absorption pathways and labeling techniques of TCM polysaccharides, and concluded that they can be absorbed orally through transmembrane, cellular bypass, and M-cell-mediated transport, of which transmembrane pathway is the main absorption pathway, and summarized the labeling reactions of four fluorescent labeling and isotopic labeling methods with TCM polysaccharides, which can provide references for evaluating the absorption pathways of TCM polysaccharides, screening active TCM polysaccharides, establishing pharmacodynamic models and comprehensively elucidating the mechanism of TCM polysaccharides.
8.Clinical characteristics analysis of primary pancreatic lymphoma
Yinghao SUN ; Jianing LI ; Kun HE ; Liang ZHU ; Yunlu FENG ; Qiang WANG ; Qingwei JIANG ; Yan ZHANG ; Qiang XU ; Zheng WANG ; Jingya ZHOU ; Dong WU
Chinese Journal of Pancreatology 2024;24(1):52-56
Objective:To analyze clinical characteristics of primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL) patients.Methods:Clinical features of 22 patients diagnosed as PPL admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2002 to May 2023 were analyzed retrospectively.Results:The median age was 56.4±13.3 years. The median time from onset to diagnosis was 1.0 (1.0, 3.0) months. The main clinical manifestations were abdominal pain (15/22), weight loss (14/22) and jaundice (10/22). Elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was observed in 15/20 (75%) patients. Only 2 (2/9, 22.2%) patients had increased CA199 levels and 2 (2/9, 22.2%) patients had increased CEA levels. The maximum tumor diameter was 5.0 (3.8, 6.9) cm. Contrast-enhanced CT mostly showed low enhancement lesions. Major pancreatic duct dilatation were rare on CT scan (4/20). Fifteen patients were confirmed by pancreatic pathology, of which 8 were obtained by surgery, 4 were obtained by CT or ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy, and 3 were obtained by EUS-FNA. The main pathological type was diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (14/22). 19 patients received chemotherapy, and 6 patients died with a median follow-up of 5.0 (1.5, 35.5) months.Conclusions:PPL is rare and easy to be misdiagnosed. Elevated LDH levels, normal tumor markers, and non-dilatation of main pancreatic duct are important diagnostic clues. It is important to obtain pathology by EUS-FNA and other methods for definite diagnosis.
9.Teaching research on improving the clinical practice ability of evidence-based medicine for residents of ultrasound medicine
Jifan CHEN ; Jianing ZHU ; Ying ZHANG ; Minyue JIA ; Pintong HUANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2024;33(12):1068-1072
Objective:To investigate the effect of clinical practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in facilitating the essential competent capability of ultrasound medicine residents.Methods:A total of 39 residents undergoing standardized residency training in the Department of Ultrasound Medicine at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from October 2021 to October 2024 were randomly assigned into two groups: control group (19 residents) and an evidence-based traceability group (20 residents). The two groups received same EBM theoretical teaching materials, however, the evidence-based traceability group was additionally required to complete a clinical practice component in ultrasound medicine as part of their EBM curriculum. A comparison was made between the two groups at the conclusion of the teaching cycle with respect to self-assessment (EBM attitude, skills, knowledge), objective test (case analysis, theoretical knowledge), and teaching satisfaction.Results:After the teaching period, the evidence-based traceability group exhibited significantly elevated self-assessment scores in both EBM theoretical knowledge and practice skills when compared to the control group with scores of (26.70±1.17)score vs (21.37±4.15)score and (22.40±1.39)score vs (17.79±3.15)score, respectively (both P<0.001). In the objective test (case analysis, theoretical knowledge), the evidence-based traceability group scored higher in case analysis relevant to clinical scenarios compared to the control group[(59.55±4.56) score vs (52.11±6.58) score, P<0.001], while no statistically significant difference was observed in theoretical knowledge[(29.00±3.08) score vs (27.89±4.19) score, P=0.357]. Both groups reported high teaching satisfaction, with no significant difference between groups ( P>0.05). Conclusions:The incorporation of clinical practice in EBM education for ultrasound medicine residents enhances their clinical practice abilities and improves their analytical and problem-solving skills in real clinical scenarios, contributing to the development of general competent capability among residents.
10.Copper Deficiency Myeloneuropathy in a Patient With Wilson’s Disease
Yu WANG ; Zijun WEI ; Jianing MEI ; Xueyi HAN ; Hongping ZHAO ; Yulong ZHU ; Ping JIN ; Yunyun ZHANG
Journal of Movement Disorders 2024;17(1):123-126


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